1 Cash - Shengsong Yuanbao; Clerical script
Features
| Issuer |
Empire of China
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Northern Song dynasty › Huizong (宋徽宗) (1100-1125)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1101-1106 |
| Value | 1 Cash |
| Currency | Cash (621-1912) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Technique | Cast |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 216383 |
| References | Hartill# 16.372 David Hartill; 2017. Cast Chinese Coins (2nd Edition). Self-published, London, United Kingdom. Ding Fubao, George Albert Fisher; 1990. Fisher's Ding. G. A. Fisher, Littleton, Colorado, United States. |
Obverse
Four Chinese ideagrams read clockwise (in Clerical script).
Script: Chinese (traditional, clerical script)
Lettering:
聖
寶 宋
元
Translation:
Sheng Song Yuan Bao
Imperial Song / Original currency
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Baoquan Mint (宝泉监), Ezhou, modern-day Wuchang District, Hubei, China (997-?; 1074-1102; 1170-1179) | |
| Guanghui Mint, Nanping Army (广惠监), modern-day Jiangjin, Chongqing, China (1075-1149) | |
| Guangji Mint (广济监), Wanzhou, modern-day Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China (circa 1068-?; 1083-1124) | |
| Hezhong Mint (河中府钱院), Hezhong-fu, modern-day Puzhou, Yongji, Shanxi, China (circa 1087) | |
| Qichun Mint (蕲春监), Qizhou, modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China (1073-1214) | |
| Shenquan Mint (神泉监), Muzhou, modern-day Jiande, Zhejiang, China (1074-1161; 1196-?) | |
| Susong Mint (宿松监), Shuzhou, modern-day Susong, Anhui, China (1073-?; 1170-1175; 1178-1183) | |
| Tong'an Mint (同安监), Shuzhou, modern-day Qianshan, Anhui, China (1073-1214) | |
| Yuanfeng Mint (元丰监), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China (1074-1136) |
Comments
Because the first era name of Huizong was too long (Jianzhongjingguo), the dynastic title Shengsong was used instead. And because small Chongning coins are scarce (2nd era of Huizong, 1102-1106), it is likely these Shengsong coins were produced into the Chongning era as well.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1101-1106) | |||||||||||||||
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